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No. 68,403. Patented Nov'-.,I, I898.

13. E. WELLS. ATTACHMENT FOB DESKS.

(Application filed Dec. 1, 1897) (No Model.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT FFICE.

GEORGE E. WELLS, OE GREENE, NEW YORK.

ATTACHMENT FOR DESKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,403, dated Novemberl, 1893. Application filed December 1 1897. Serial No. 660,358. (No model.)

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to attachments particularly adapted for school-desks, but applicable in many other situations.

The device includes a base for securing the same rigidly to the desk at the front thereof and an extension adapted to engage the back of the seat in front of the desk to hold the same, a pen or pencil rack or holder, and a spring pad or book retainer. It also includes details of construction, as will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims,whereby a simple, cheap, and effective device is obtained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is afront elevation; Fig. 2, a side elevation; and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.

A section only of the top of a desk and the back of the adjacent seat is shown in the accompanying drawings. To the top of the desk, near the front central edge, is secured the horizontal part of a metal plate 2'. This entire plate is formed of sheet metal, the base or horizontal portion 1 being made extra stiff by doubling the metal.

Projecting beyond the edge of the desk I), in a horizontal line and of nearly the entire length of the plate, but of only a single thickness, is a portion which is turned up at a sharp angle to form the vertical part 3, which terminates in a central hook 4, adapted to engage and be secured to the back of the adjacent seat, this hook being made of less length than the vertical portion by cutting 01f the upper corners thereof on an arc, thus presenting an ornamental and more pleasing appearance. From the body of the portion 3 atongue 5 is out out and suitably bent to shape the same, the upper and lower parts being outwardly curved and the intermediate part be ing bent inwardly. This tongue forms a re= 'tainer for a pencil, pen, or the like, which may handle 0, which terminates in a loop readily grasped by the thumb and forefinger to lift the portion a. To prevent this latter portion from injuring the desk-top, it is preferably covered with rubber tubing. From each end of the portion a the wire is extended vertically and then rearwardly and bent around to form the spring-coils cl, and then extended vertically downward and horizontally in the form of an L in between the overlapped ends of the base-plate and the desk-top, where it is rigidly held by the screws e, which serve also to hold the base-plate to the desk, and the metal of'the base-plate being struck up to form a channel to receive the wire.

It will'be readily seen that by lifting the part a by means of the handle a book or tablet may be inserted between the same and the desk-top and firmly held in position when the handle is released by the pressure of the part a thereon due to the coils d.

I claim- 1. An attachment for desks comprising a sheet-metal plate forming a base and having a vertical extension provided with an integral spring-tongue forming a pen-holder, means for securing the base to a desk, and a single spring-wire having its ends clamped between the base and desk, said wire being provided with coils (1 located above the base, having downwardly-extended clamping portions and having its central portion twisted to form an elevated loop with a vertical shank, substantially as described.

2. An attachment for desks comprising the ate portion of said wire forming a paper-clip,

sheet-metal plate having the ends doubled back upon the body portion and having one side extended vertically and provided with an integral spring-tongue forming a pen-holder, said doubled ends having angular grooves and a spring-Wire having angnlarly-bent ends located in said angular grooves, the intermedisnbstantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE E. TELLS. Witnesses:

WM. EMORY PETTIT, ADDIE O. PETTIT. 

